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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-07
DIED.

Fu/"tVIp.-In South Burlington, Gather
inc, wife of Edmond Fitzgerald, aged about
Il, years.
FuneraIat s.. Mary's Cathedral MoadaY. A.
N}O a. IN.
BATES. In Richmond, Vt, saturday. OFT
lst, Emcrctta NJ. Bates, wife of J. II. Bates.
aged - years.
MUtnGAN. In this city. October 4, l>s-
Mrs. James Mull gan. aged 70 years.
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The Weekly Free Press from
this date is reduced Out, half-it
is now only ONE DOLLAR a
wear,
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The FREE Press has just made a popu-
lar sensation in reducing the price of its
weekly edition to one dollar year. This
is the greatest reduction on record.
Judging by comparison the Weekly FREE
PRESS was cheap at 800. but now that it
is sold fer half the old rate there is no ex-
cuse for any family in Northern Vermont
being without its weekly visits.
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BORN,
MARRIED..

In She lhurn. w.. OCT. |. lsS.. 10 Biz.
Girdin Smith. twins, a boy aad gin.
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AttcndIrc" god. receipts far, market
about the sainc rs 'a't week, though some OF
the buyers hat "a al 4 lack 5t strength We
quote prices a. last week, namely, general
price for good butter, ~ ~ - cons: 4, &c
mons % cent?, WIN iittlr hi4... llelr. .,'u
for few iauc% e diaries. tsgS, = GEMS tor
snlpv'n ruFpu,ro. npmcnt at lS,0 rubs.
NARGENNES, oct. Z.
Butter market i firm at Il to 81 cents pri.
pound selections, >! cts. per round eggs, Ia
cts. per dozen: honey, T. 10 y cents per
pound; fowls. Ia 10 Il cents pr pound;
chickens, l. TO 10 cents ilr IrInI; n-als.
Sl.01 to tllo Ter hushel; p. t."-. ~ to ~
cents per hdsnc, beef . .,ors pcy
pound pork 4 ~ cent ... -r4i-
To cents per pound, liv" s. ', !.
to $40 per tor
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Bass -CAsrLE.-At the rcsdenc" az tat
brides parerls, Oct. 18th, 10y the Rev. & +
Carter of Burlington. Miss Nellie L. Castle C. g.
Jericho 20 Dr. G. W. Bass of Minneapolis.
MINI,
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DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Butter is p to D cents pound. Cheese is
"A to 10 cents apound. sage cheese Is 10
cents "A pound. Eggs, p cents dozen,
Fancy cheeses are as follows: Pineapple
cheeses % cents to Sl.OO each according to
size Roquefort cheese 40 cents a pound
English dairy - cents; Edam Sl.OO each :
Neufchatel cents package Guada
cheese, 40 cents a pound. Cheddar
cheese, 81 a piece, Dutch cheese 10 cents
a pound. Milk cents quart. Pure Jer-
seY cream 40 cents quart.
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St Ion!~ ..s. So .. 80 GO barrel
MiGhg, 8. % to - 80. = " patarsts
and Muueoota ..atent-, 3. 40 to 651l
barrel. Buckwheat is cents z 2au1d
Maple syrup 81 gallon. Cram
Is pounds for 81. Light brown,
to 6H cents. New maple sugar IT,
$ to II cents pound go cents
in bulk. New white clover honey is Il
to Is cents a pound. Nuts, all kinds as
sorted, 20 cents pound. Pop corn cents
buckets 40 cents. Apple Jelly 50 cents for
5-pound pals. Raspberry jam 80 to *
cents for 5-pound pals.
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One Dollar u gear for the
" eekiy Free Press.
An Aquatic Event.

The Til site went sailing out into the west,
Into the west. as the sun went down;
All England mad babe her to attempt her best
To bring back the Cup and win renown:
For men will sail and women will spin
AS long us there's cups and races TO win
And Capt, Barr WAS sailing,
The majestic Volunteer swept down the bay {;
The Thistle, her foe, she did not heed;
She was hurrlodly bullt-u night and "A day
Not much beauty, but p'cntN OF speed
For men Will sail and women viii spin,
The race wdS i'll doubt when they started
IN,
For Han and Barr were sailing.
The white-wlnged yachts SKINNED over the
sea.
The swittcSt of all the t,stcst kind.
What Three mics apart -sureiy 1t could
not he,
Yet ones ahead, the other behind;
For men will sail and women Will spin,
And of course the Volunteer rot IN,
For Capt. Han " IS sailing.
l., W !, M tr.lH
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and deaths.
10 II. LiNsLfY. NJ. D.. Health Officer.
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AMTt-8ILiCUS
PILLS,

THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
For Liver, Bile Indigestion etc. Free from hcr.
curry contains only Pure Vegetable Ingredients
Agent: {. \. CRITTE>TON, New lOrk.
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Apples, 81 to $3.50 per barrel, or ~
cents a peck. CautelDpps, ) to % cents
apiece. Grapes are to 10 cents a pound
Bananas are 40 to 80 cents a dozen.
Nesslna and Valencia oranges are 20
to 80 cents per dozen Figs are 20
TO 30 cents n pound Messina lemons are.
30 to 80 cents Il dozen. Cucoanuts are 8
to 10 cents each. Best quality datee
II cts pound. French prilnrs are 10 toto
cents pound. German prunes 70 cents y
pound. Pickles 80 to ~ cts. a gallon, plain
or mixed. Beets and tilrulps, 60 cents Is
bushel Home cabbage cents a pound
Hubbard squash is cents pound
MEATS AND FISH.
Spring lamb, hiud quarters, 20 cents
pound, forequarters, ~ TO 10 cts IA pound.
Lamb chops, 20 cents. Spring chickens,
81 to Sl25 pair and 20 cts. pound Mutt
ton is quoted at Is to 20 cents fOl hind
quarters and 10 to 1919 cents for fore
quarters. Beef, best cuts. Western. fer
porter house is quoted at IS to 20 cents sir
LON, 1oto ~ cents; round, 1871 to Is cents.
Vermont beet quoted at rs to 20 cents
veal IS 10 to 20 cents pound for steaks
10 10 IL Tor roasts, and 6 to IL 12 cents
for other pieces. Hams, sugar cured
IA 10 10 cents per pound, breakfast bacon
10 to Is cents, homeless ham, IL to &c,
cents pound, California hams, 10 to 12Jz
cts. pound, smoked shoulders, 10 to i2L
cts, tripe 10 to l21% cents, pickled nigs5
feet l215 cents Picked lambs tongues l.
cts per pound. Corn beef Il to 1216 cents.
Pork, roast, l2I1I to 10 cents pound steak
ID to 10 cents Salt pork l0to1 cents &
pound; In poultry, fowls, dressed, are
quoted is TO 20 cents a pound and
turkeys 20 to 90 cents; geese, l.
to Is cents pound. Fresh Fraser rive
salmon, 40 cents pound Salmon trout
l2]3 to 10 cents u pound. White fish, II,
cents pound, Pike, II cents a pound.
Bass, - cents a pound Blue fsh
shad, 10 cents pound, cod, 10 to II cts
a pound haddock, $ 10 10 cents pound
salt salmon ~ to ~ cts pound Sal
mon trout u cents. Fresh mack
erel IS to ~ cents apiece. Sword fish q
cents pound. salt mackerel Tai.~
to IS cents. Goldfish to 10 cents. Sisco.
8, cents Herrings cents pound.
! Ham sausage % cents pound, blOat.
sausage - cts pound, Boston sausage Is
cts, German bologna sausage 12}k to 5 cts.
Albany sausage y cents, head cheese ~
HOLSTERS IL ct:i'- uouud. Oysters, stan q
ards IS "is, ..co.g'u~ 80 cts, selecte. 8
cents.
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Potatoes 20 cents a peck and SO cents a
hushel. Sweet potatoes are To .
cents "A pound. Tomatoes cents pound.
Ripe cucumbers 80 cents bushel. StrlhS
beans cents quart. Shell beans 80 cts
peck. Watermeloia, II TO 80 cts. piece
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one Dollar a gear for IN,
Weehty Free Press.

There is on exhibition in Is. w. Carpeu-
ter's show window an interesting relic, in
the shape of n section of timber taken
from the wreck of the British man-of
war Somerset, the flagship of the Eng.
lish fleet stationed in Boston harbor in
l776 and which was wrecked on Cape
Cod in November, IFS The section was
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-11-04
PROFESSIONAL WINDOW
G.AZERS.

Two young men who spend the
day and large part of the evening
ON Chestnut street are pail To do sn
They are both we'll known figures,
and general! they travel together.
They are professional window gnzcrs.
The young men in common with
everybody else. know that To attract
II crowd to n window all one has to
ito is To stand aud gnzc into that
window. In short time ten or a
dozen pcorl" will he gazing will,
hlm. They w,r' down Ia hard pan
ON their uppcrs, s" To speak One of
them went To II proprietor of II mems
furnishing house on Chestnut street
and told him that for 80 much week
he would guarantee To attract more
attention To his window than all the
displays that could he lald out. The
proprietor WAS struck with the ilcn
"'N' fuNt IT. u tTlUl. AS consequence
there was crowd nt his window
nearly all the time. The Young man
would walk up to the window Will,
his friend and stand gazing there
until II crowd of dozen or fifteen
were standing with them. 70 keep
the crowd moving he would walk
away, and that started Il break in
the crowd. The performance was
repeated every ten or fifteen minutes.
The young man went To other stores
along the street, unioldcd his plan,
and pointed cut the success of it. In
short time he hal the " hole street
from Ninth to Broad on his bent. and
hc had To take his friend into part.
nrrship, and he makes plenty of
money. If other window gnzcrs do
not get into the business, these
two "riginntors will shortly establish
branches of the "Gazcrs" In other
cities. /hiimhhphja Ncms.
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TAZEWELL ILL., VA FRIDAY, NOV. T. 1887. &
WHERE ART THOU, LOVE?

How can wait till these long DAYS are
past
Before rest my eyes on thy dear
facc?
Where art thou, love? O | would follow
If but some power would guido me
To the place.
Canst thou not tell me by some spirit :
grace?
For surely there are spirits, as of old,
VIII" joy loves glowing mcss i,c To un-
Speak but NY nam,, and fairies kind
will bear
The sweet sound through all inter
v'n'ns space;
And shall wander forth, knowing not
where,
Bnt surely shall come unto thy
place
Where thou ,lost ttand, ai d gaze into
thy face.
For if thou lowest me as | love thee,
These unseen powers our friends will
always he.
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VI. HAWKINS, SR. Il. NJ. HAWKINS. JR.
T. M. n HAWKINS 5 q SON,
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
TAZEwELI. G.. H., Va.

Thomas NJ. Hawkins & Son still
hold the fort. The senior member
Of this firm takes pleasure in stating
that he has been successful i'll pl.n3.
ing some of the most exacting me, in
Virginia i'll the matter of building
line houses. He points to the houses
lie has built i'll Tazewell ms his b, ST
Recommendation. No more substantial
buildings were ever con- tructed
Give honest worlmen chance. They
do not intend to be under bid, nor
can they be surpassed in the style of
their work. Call on them md they
will respond ut the dawn of day.
They refer to a. StClair and Joseph
5, Gillespie, and A. White.
APPS Gm. Il. NJ. HAWKINS & Son.
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"BUDS" NOrlN STYLE.

"Do you know there wasn't II sin
glc notable dance led hy n Girl in her
first season in New York last win
ter 2"
The speaker was II "hud" who will
make her dcdm in that small but
much talked of circle that calls itself
New Nork sncicty when the cold
weather has driven the last summer
wanderers back r.om their country
houses To the pavcmcnts again.
New York is n bad place for n
"cb"f"nfG now; the married bellies
carry Off all the lionors. That is why
so many Of the young girls 90 abroad
and stay until they are old enough
To win some attention here. There
isn't one of them who stands the
ghost of Il chance against Mrs Cole
man Draytom's gowns. There's Mrs.
Goclci, Mrs. Ogden Mills, .r, Mrs
Frederick Jones, and two or three
dozen more. An eighteen year old is
nowhere when they arc about Mrs.
Willie Astor leads the dances; if she
doesn't Mrs Burke Roche does
There might rs well be no charity
balls, no Patriarchs, no Junior PA
triarcls, for that matter, so far ~
the younger fry are concerned, and
as for the private entertainments. it's
much the same thing there. The
buds take what partners are left
when the young married women have
had their choice"
H. is certainly true thnL to he [, O
young is out of style in the mctropo.
liz. Girls are not the fashion any
more. The married hcllcs dance lust
~ well, dress more richly and talk
better. IL doesn't compromise the
well dressed young man from the
bachelor apartment which he is in no
haste TO desert for Bcncdicts auar.
tcrs to dance attendance upon them.
and take it all in all, now is the mar.
ricd bellies reign. The popular un.
married women who queen it in the
bathrooms arc like Miss Adele Grant
and Miss Winslow, of more than one
seasons standing. The debutantcs
with the exception of younger
Miss Chamberlain, Miss Wood
worth and Miss A9nes Lawrence,
there won't be II large number this
ycar-arc eagerly hcraldcd; the so
cicty world is anxious to see them,
families clamor for the privilege of
chaperoning thvm. but after all they
are likely To enjoy their second and
third seasons better, and to get more
desirable partners than in their
first.
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TWO LIVE SEA COWS.

Two remarkable cows have been
imported To New York from Brazil.
They were captured by III. crew OF
IN English vessel near the South
american coast, and were sold to
an cnicrpriSing collector of curious
nhl"lalS on North William street.
They have neither legs nor fe,i, but
prop"l themselves l,y means of two
awkwalM.looking fins like in ,sr of
II seal They live in the water and
are entirely helpless when ont of il.
They are sea COWS, known To znoln.
alSts ms manairc. The head is of
moderate size, ohlong, and has II
blunt mizzlc. The animal has n
slight meek. lis mouth is very pc
crllar, the upper lip being clclt into
two lobeS " hen the animal Scizcs
a cabbage leaf the lips come togrth
or and the leaf is drawn in nv n
backward movement of tho lower
margin Of the upper lips. The low
or lip is apparently of no service
whatever except To cover the teeth
of the lower jaw.
The noStrilS are valves which
work on hinges. As the nose comes
TO tho surface of The water the val.
YES open and allow he mir to enter.
when the head is drawn under the
water the llangcS go to their places
ana hcrmctlcal.y seal the noStrilS.
The eyes are hardly diSccrnihle. -
They are placed in the sides of the
head, with wrinklcd margins around
them. The ear Is little hole lust
back OF the eye. The teeth are simi.
lar to those of II COW. The manatcc
lnhabt the bays aud lagoons ON the
West India Islands, the coast of
Florida and Brazil They prefer
shallow water, in which they lie
near the lottom, supporting them.
selves on the extremity of their
Shovcl.like tails or slowly moving
about by the assistance of their fins.
IhcN bowSc on aquatic plants that
grow beneath the water, as COWS
feed on land. They are priced high
~ not only as an article of food.
but for their oil, skin and bones.
The hJneS are said to be so massive
and compact as to resemble ivory
IN hardness and durability. Ere
u'icnt attempts have been made TO
Keep them in captivity, without
much success, except in the Brigh
ton Aquarium, in England, whcrc
one lived for sixteen years.
Mr.. Rnhe, to whom the two sea
COWS belong, says he feeds them on
sixteen cabbages Il day apiece and
innumcrablc l0aves of bread. The
male measures five feet eight inches
in length, and the female five feet
three inches. They are in separate
tanks Of water and have become so
tame since they reached here that
they will allow themselves to bc
i"ndird and fed from tho .a6,.aawncr's
hand. Z, Snsst
Florida, and only Il lew.Sshcy car
~ their young under their fore fin.
AMI live to he very old. When full
grown they measure from ten to
fifteen feet in length, and weigh
from l,5C0 to 1000 ponnds.-N. y.
Times.
a-@p--
WISDOM FROM THESEASHORE
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THE SENTKY'o CHOICE.

General Skohrlcil, according to-
the story, was working one evening
in his tent near the Danube. or near
ii pond, when TarkiSh bomb drop.
ped at the threshold of his tent
The General had just time To see
the sentry outside stoop down and
throw The shell into the water
Skobclcif approached the soldier,
and saia: ''Do yom know You have
saved r.y liic!' "I have done my
best, General was the reply. every
well. Which would you rather havo
the ST. Georges Cross or one hum
hrcd rubles!" The sentinel hcsitated
Il moment, and then said .sWlIat is
the vafne of the "t. Georges Cross,
my General?' "What do y0n means
The cross of itself is Of no value; it
may he worth live rubleS; perhaps,
but it's an honor TO possess it,"
"Well, my General said the soldier,
elf it's like that, give me ninety
five rublcs and the Cross OF st.
George - CHrn,hey's ..Jommul.
Tho humhuU has M yinUs ot all.
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TAzEMELl HIGH SCHOOL,
JrfrHRsoNvILI.E, VA.

The next session of this school will
begin Monday, Sept. 9th, 1887. and
continue 10 months, under the fol.
lowing Board of Instructors.
Rev. +. Studebakcr, MA, Principal.
Geo. Studcbnkcr LIST Assistant.
Miss Susie Buston ID Assistant.
Miss Virginia Darr, Music Teacher.
GRADES AND RATES OF TuirIoN.
First Observation-Disclosures, Spell
ing, First Reader, Printing, un'
Elementary Drawing. Per month
81 25.
SECOND GRADE. Second and Third
Renders, Spelling, Writing, Drawing,
FIRST Lessons i'll Geography, ard Pri
mary Arithmetic. Per month 81 so.
Third Fourth and Fifth
R' a1ers, Practical Arithmetic, Men
tal Arithmetic, English Grammar, u
5. History, History of Vn., Political
and Spelling CORAL and
written m' thods) Per month S2.0c.
FounrM GRADE. Any or nll in
Third Grade, Elementary Algebra.
Familiar Science, Analysis, and Phys
lcal Geography. Per month 81 80.
FIFTH GnApE.-Any or all in Third
and Fourth Grades, Latin, Higher
Algebra, Geometry, Trigonorlclry,
Surveying, Rhetoric, Anatomy and
Physiology, Geology, and Boluny
Per ilonth $500.
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WISDOM FROM THE ESEASHORE,

Annette have just been having
a delightful stroll with IIarull. Can
anything be more poetical than n
walk in the moonlight.
Jeanette Give years oldcr)-Poct.
ical, no doubt, Annette, but when
you have had my experience you will
know TINT a dark corner of the porch
is equal to ten moonlight nights
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MY THOROUGHBRED STALLION,
r Q n G i'll C HT,

Bred by Mr.. Alexander, of Ken
tucky, will make the Spring Season
OF 1887, mt my farm three miles east
of TaZcwell G. II.
He is il blood bay. unsurpassed
in style and beauty, sixteen hands
highland weighs | / hundred pounds.
IT. Is seldom indeed that Snch an op
portnmity is offered for breeding to
such Il horse | will lave his pedi
gree i'll few days which will have
published, and stand him ut the
very reasonable price of $40. by the
season. JOHN G. WATTS.
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lIxTI.As

Gil eek and German SOC per month
for each. Instrumental Music $500
per month. Us. of Piano for prnc.
iico go: per month.
All bills for tuition will be charged
from the time of entrance until the
close of the term, and no deductions
will be made, except in case of pro.
tractci sickness extending over three
weeks or more. Board can bo sccnr
ed i'll the family of tic Principal or
elsewhere at reasonable rates.
For all branches above the Public
School Curriculum, during the Firts
Term, the pupil will be charged ms
per schedule.
All desiring further information ad.
dress the Principal, Rev e. Studc-
baker, MA, Tazewcll G. IT,, Va.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-11-04

Chi00 To 1900 a MONTH can be made
'P working for us. Agents preferred
who can furnish their own horses and
give their whole time to the business.
Spare moments may be proftably en-
ploycd also. a few vacancies in towns
and cities. b. f. JOHNSON d CO.,
1913 Main ST., Richmond, Va.
aug2G 3m
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-11-04

A young man who has been Tilted
Il half dozen times is going around
town trying to organize Love In
STRANGE Company.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1887-11-04

"COMrorND ONrGEN-it, nndc of ,,,,or an, ,...,,-,
Is The Title u" r"rhH~ "f pn.,,
Iy pr' S'alr. raen. which give t all Inoulrcr, f in
~ 'o 'h' rr"arLahie curative nsent and rreord
cf'c'rrHl hundred surprising ,urr, In viii, ra, a., hI
"r Them after htin= nlsuunrd Ia lr b, Other
ph!,r'An'. Also rn'irOtAp ONyGEN-It. DrIsip ard
10th or either Mill he mailed fro TO I'm, rIrr,, ~, a
tation. Head thr hroehurc:
DRS. STARKEY e. PAJ.EN,
1922 IL 1879 Irch Street. IHiiudu,. Pa
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l. S. EASrEP
p A T E n rs,

Caveats, Reissues and Trade-AIarks secnr-
Oh and all other patent causes in the Patent
Office and before the Courts promptly and
carefully attended to.
Upon receipt of model or skctch of in
vention, | make careful examination, and
advise ns to the patentibiliiy free of charge
Fees moderate, and Imake no charge un-
less Patent is secured. Information, advice
AMI special references sent on application.
j. II. LIrFELL. Washington, ID. G.
NearU.S Patent Onice.
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DLUMEl; MEMORIAL FEMALE
COLLEGE.
WYTHEvILLE, "a.

Rev. S. Il. Preston, NJ. A., President.
Next session begins September 18th. 1887.
Board, fuel, lights. &c, with Collegiate
conrsc, including Latin, Calislhenics.
bookkeeping and Vocal Music in class.
:l1S for the entire school-ycar Art.
Music, German. French, and Elocntion
thoroughly taught. Three superior music
teachers. Unusual advantages In French
and German--thc teacher being native Of
Holland. Location, climate. surroundings
all combine 10 make a delightful school
home for girls. July22. In.
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STORY OF a MUSIC TEACHER,

$50 II man like me, who has littlu
capacity Tor business said music
teacher, At is almost ,liShcartrnium
to see people of scarcely any ability
succeed while | have To make every
rllort To keep body and soul tn.rth.
er. Th:t energetic young woman
You met going ont has twice IN
many pupils ~ | have She has
been studying exactly six months.
AMI | instruct hr in the lesson in
the morning which she teaches her
pupils in the afternoon. She saws
she Is making II good living. hut
that she finds Il hard work Ia keep
up with her pupils. Here is the ease
oi IN incompetent teacher who owes
her success solely To her capacity
Tor business. People help her along
because she is so prrSrvrriny and
so very anxious to make II name for
herself. She goes everywhere,
makes lrirndS hy the score. III al
ways ready to tender her services
Tor charitable entertainments and
keeps her name constantly hrlnrr
the public. She had been takium
lessons only II couple of months.
and was still pracliring .hc scales.
when she told me she was down for
II difficult piece III II inShinI,ablr
concert, ] was astnun,lr,l. Shn
laughed, and said was 10 play tho
piece IN one at the wings, and that
she would merely 81; on the Slnu,
and pretend to play on Il dumb pi.
hnn. ! felt that her proposition WAS
an Insult, but She seemed so anxious
TO make II successful debut THAT |
reluctantly consented lo the lcccn.
Iion She assured me that This
dummy play WAS quite common
among purse proud mnmmas with
uncullurrd tlamgltcrS."- J. SIM
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